Which one?

A TV floor stand or a wall mount?

Updated 5 Nov 2026

A floor stand needs no drilling. A wall mount needs the right fixing for your wall and, if you rent, your landlord's permission.

A floor stand

Where it goes: On the floor. Vogel's, which makes floor stands and wall mounts, says: A TV floor stand allows you to place your TV anywhere in your room or even move it to a different room.
What it needs: No drill, and a TV that fits the stand: its weight, screen size and VESA hole pattern within the stand maker's own figures.
How it comes down: It moves with the TV. Nothing is fixed to the wall, so there are no holes to fill.
Which maker's figure applies: The stand maker's own figures for weight and screen size. Our TV guide gives Vogel's for its TVS 3690.

Where it goes: On the wall. On plasterboard it goes on the studs behind the board, and Vogel's starts with the wall: The first step is checking the framework of your plasterboard wall. Its pages differ on when its stud adapter is needed, and our TV guide gives both.
What it needs: A drill, the fixing your mount's instructions call for, and a check for cables and pipes first. Vogel's says the mount and the TV must agree: TV size or inch size, weight and VESA hole pattern must all match
How it comes down: Unscrewed, and the holes stay. Shelter lists holes in walls or doors among the things a deposit can be charged for in England.
Which maker's figure applies: The mount maker's own maximum. For a solid wall, What's my wall? gives fischer's recommended load for one fixing, and the lower of the two applies. A mount sticks out from the wall, so we do not compare your TV with a figure per fixing.